Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/August-2009

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Original - Mature Lime Nail galls (Eriophyes tiliae tiliae) on a Lime leaf, caused by the mite.

Reason: It is very illustrative to the gall sprouted in a leaf, very uncommon.
Articles this image appears in: Eriophyes tiliae tiliae, Tilia
Creator: Rosser1954

Support as nominator --☩Damërung ☩. -- 05:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nicely detailed.--ragesoss (talk) 00:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Though there are some other similar images about I think this is probably the best. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:29, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Detailed. --can dle •wicke 03:12, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice detail. Zoo Fari 19:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Eriophyes tiliae tiliae.JPG --wadester 16 17:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - John Naka's bonsai masterpiece, Goshin, is on display at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum.

Reason: This is an excellent picture of what is, perhaps, the most famous bonsai in the world.
Articles this image appears in: List of species used in bonsai, Goshin, Deadwood bonsai techniques, Bonsai aesthetics, John Naka, National Bonsai Foundation
Creator: Flickrite Joanna

Support as nominator --ragesoss (talk) 02:16, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Noodle snacks (talk) 06:37, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV. Zoo Fari 15:15, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very illustrative. - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 22:05, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. --can dle •wicke 03:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Goshin, September 15, 2007.jpg --wadester 16 17:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Thermal image showing temperature variation in a hot air balloon

Reason: Could possibly do with a crop, but gives a good idea of the temperature distribution in a real hot air balloon.
Articles this image appears in: Hot air balloon, Thermographic camera
Creator: Weitere Thermografie - Bilder

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 05:34, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Given that this image is taken from another website, the GFDL and CC-BY-SA-3.0 licensing ought to be verified via OTRS. I'd also prefer a cropped version that doesn't include the menus and other clutter from the screenshot. I suppose that EV could be claimed for an uncropped version for thermographic camera, but that's fairly tenuous in my opinion. Time3000 (talk) 11:33, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Agreed with the above comment. - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 22:15, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester 16 17:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original - Section through the ivory tusk of a mammoth

Reason: Reminds me of tree growth rings.
Articles this image appears in: Ivory, Tooth, Tooth (animal), Woolly mammoth
Creator: Hgrobe

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 05:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Overly harsh reflections make it look metallic. I like the rings, etc, as you say (once you figure out what it is) but I personally think it's too hard to tell what it is due to those bad metallic looking reflections, and for mine you can only really tell what it is once you view it at full res (i.e., not even at image page size). --jjron (talk) 06:35, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester 16 17:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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